Episode · The Rubin Report · 2026-06-06
Books mentioned on How Good Intentions Are Destroying Civilization | Gad Saad
Dave Rubin of "The Rubin Report" talks to Gad Saad about his new book Suicidal Empathy and how empathy, when detached from reason and critical thinking, can be manipulated to advance destructive ideas
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“Joining me today is not only the most all-time returning guest in the history of the Rubin Report, but now number one best-selling New York Times author, my friend and author of the new book, Suicidal Empathy:”
“Dying to Be Kind, Dr. Gad Saad. Gad, how was that for an intro?”
Plugged The Parasitic Mind
“Yeah, so you may or may not know this, but I actually mentioned suicidal empathy in The Parasitic Mind. Uh so, it's been many many years.”
Plugged The Parasitic Mind
“So, for example, I tell the story in chapter one of The Parasitic Mind where we're at the the synagogue in Beirut and you know, there's a prayer where you get up, you get you sit down, you go there.”